CSPPA reveals new board of players

27-4-2021 21:33

Five new members, all active players, were elected during a general assembly.

The Counter-Strike Professional Players' Association (CSPPA) announced on Tuesday its new board of players, which was elected during the ongoing general assembly. Chris "⁠chrisJ⁠" de Jong and Nathan "⁠NBK-⁠" Schmitt are the only founding board members who remain on the council, which had been unchanged since the association was formed.

On Twitter, the CSPPA explained that Andreas "⁠Xyp9x⁠" Højsleth, Jonathan "⁠EliGE⁠" Jablonowski, Tarik "⁠tarik⁠" Celik, Epitacio "⁠TACO⁠" de Melo and Jordan "⁠n0thing⁠" Gilbert all decided to step down from their board duties ahead of the general assembly allegedly to give other players the opportunity to be involved. Xyp9x and EliGE had been the chairman and vice-chairman of the board, respectively, since January 2020.

Among the new members is Vitality captain Dan "⁠apEX⁠" Madesclaire, who is also part of the recently-announced ESL Pro League Player Council.

The new CSPPA board of players includes:

Netherlands Chris "⁠chrisJ⁠" de Jong
France Nathan "⁠NBK-⁠" Schmitt
South Africa Johnny "⁠JT⁠" Theodosiou
Sweden Maikil "⁠Golden⁠" Selim
France Dan "⁠apEX⁠" Madesclaire
United Kingdom Max "⁠MiGHTYMAX⁠" Heath
Slovakia Martin "⁠STYKO⁠" Styk

The CSPPA general assembly, the first in the history of the association, began on Monday and will run through Thursday to "ensure that as many players as possible are able to contribute," according to the organisation. All players who are either employed/contracted or are actively seeking employment/contract as professional Counter-Strike players are eligible to vote in the assembly.

France Nathan 'NBK-' Schmitt
Nathan 'NBK-' Schmitt
Age:
26
Team:
DBL PONEY
Rating 1.0:
1.03
Maps played:
1988
KPR:
0.70
DPR:
0.67
Brazil Epitacio 'TACO' de Melo
Epitacio 'TACO' de Melo
Age:
26
Team:
GODSENT
Rating 1.0:
0.93
Maps played:
1206
KPR:
0.61
DPR:
0.64
United States Jonathan 'EliGE' Jablonowski
Jonathan 'EliGE' Jablonowski
Age:
23
Team:
Liquid
Rating 1.0:
1.09
Maps played:
1436
KPR:
0.76
DPR:
0.68
Sweden Maikil 'Golden' Selim
Maikil 'Golden' Selim
Age:
27
Team:
fnatic
Rating 1.0:
0.91
Maps played:
809
KPR:
0.62
DPR:
0.70
United Kingdom Max 'MiGHTYMAX' Heath
Max 'MiGHTYMAX' Heath
Age:
23
Team:
Endpoint
Rating 1.0:
0.90
Maps played:
865
KPR:
0.59
DPR:
0.66
Slovakia Martin 'STYKO' Styk
Martin 'STYKO' Styk
Age:
25
Team:
FunPlus Phoenix
Rating 1.0:
0.99
Maps played:
1358
KPR:
0.67
DPR:
0.66
France Dan 'apEX' Madesclaire
Dan 'apEX' Madesclaire
Age:
28
Team:
Vitality
Rating 1.0:
1.03
Maps played:
1783
KPR:
0.72
DPR:
0.70
Denmark Andreas 'Xyp9x' Højsleth
Andreas 'Xyp9x' Højsleth
Age:
25
Team:
Astralis
Rating 1.0:
1.03
Maps played:
1766
KPR:
0.67
DPR:
0.61
Netherlands Chris 'chrisJ' de Jong
Chris 'chrisJ' de Jong
Age:
30
Team:
MOUZB
Rating 1.0:
1.02
Maps played:
1715
KPR:
0.68
DPR:
0.66
United States Jordan 'n0thing' Gilbert
Jordan 'n0thing' Gilbert
Age:
30
Team:
No team
Rating 1.0:
1.02
Maps played:
813
KPR:
0.70
DPR:
0.68
United States Tarik 'tarik' Celik
Tarik 'tarik' Celik
Age:
25
Team:
Evil GeniusesB
Rating 1.0:
1.03
Maps played:
1424
KPR:
0.71
DPR:
0.68
South Africa Johnny 'JT' Theodosiou
Johnny 'JT' Theodosiou
Age:
22
Team:
Extra Salt
Rating 1.0:
0.95
Maps played:
769
KPR:
0.64
DPR:
0.67
#1
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Tunisia Tunisiaa
pog
2021-04-27 21:33
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25 replies
#13
alex666 | 
Russia german_cheaters
chrisJ?? hes not even playing anymore
2021-04-27 21:35
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18 replies
#21
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Europe Ignotuspuer
Astralis +chrisJ main awp soon ez major
2021-04-27 21:36
0
13 replies
#66
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Austria FootballSucks
are you nuts?
2021-04-27 21:51
0
11 replies
#87
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Europe Ignotuspuer
yeah mens))
2021-04-27 22:05
0
8 replies
#96
Vertigo | 
Canada I_LOVE_DE_VERTIGO
Why didnt they select some good players that aren't washed
2021-04-27 22:19
0
7 replies
#100
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Europe Ignotuspuer
because godJ > device
2021-04-27 22:34
0
5 replies
#107
Finland VILMU
4tonight, god is a chrisJ
2021-04-27 22:44
0
1 reply
#119
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Europe Ignotuspuer
god is god, but chrisj is godder
2021-04-27 23:01
0
#127
chrisJ | 
Netherlands juandeag22
I agree
2021-04-28 00:49
0
2 replies
#140
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Indonesia begalracer
NETHERLANDS FIRST MAJOR LETS GOOOO
2021-04-28 06:00
0
1 reply
#146
chrisJ | 
Netherlands juandeag22
I dont think so man. The only thing we can do is ice skating
2021-04-28 12:08
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#145
device | 
Russia xtkjdtr01
Why? Whats the point of this?
2021-04-28 09:11
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#104
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United States Buff_Krieg_2020
hes not, but chrisJ is xD
2021-04-27 22:40
0
1 reply
#118
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Europe Ignotuspuer
definetely not the best player in the world, ChrisJ
2021-04-27 23:00
0
#105
chrisJ | 
Netherlands ChrisJfan69
yes would be perfect
2021-04-27 22:40
0
#123
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
karrigan | 
Finland drizzlE-
You don't have to be active player to be on the board.
2021-04-27 23:42
0
#124
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Canada bigoof
almost like a players associations shouldn't be exclusively made up of current professionals
2021-04-27 23:53
0
#134
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Philippines batstew
That's why its good to keep him, he can represent some of the current free agents
2021-04-28 03:06
0
#166
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China RADNIKEY
WHich is better
2021-05-01 03:23
0
#15
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United States The_Weed_Smoker
ez 4 godj
2021-04-27 21:35
0
1 reply
#17
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Tunisia Tunisiaa
ez for bongj
2021-04-27 21:35
0
#45
Don't Cry | 
Reunion l_car
So many igls
2021-04-27 21:43
0
#47
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Germany Nachofish
VeryPog
2021-04-27 21:43
0
#117
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Malta i_love_taxes
RIP CSGO! Csppa needs to disband
2021-04-27 22:56
0
#137
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Canada ksuD
nice
2021-04-28 04:39
0
#2
catgirl | 
Hungary BiggestEiprilFan
Nice
2021-04-27 21:33
0
#4
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Finland Cucumber))
GOD STYKO
2021-04-27 21:34
0
#8
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United States Phamous3k
South Africa ftw.
2021-04-27 21:34
0
#11
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North America Whataburger
JT REPRESENTING!
2021-04-27 21:35
0
1 reply
#128
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United States festivve
hopefully he’ll be a good voice for tier 2 especially in NA
2021-04-28 01:07
0
#12
OK | 
Other B0OMER
ok and they won't do anything anyway
2021-04-27 21:35
0
6 replies
#16
alex666 | 
Russia german_cheaters
+1 kkkkkkkk
2021-04-27 21:35
0
#32
s1mple | 
India L3G@(Y
Sit and earn?
2021-04-27 21:39
0
#41
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United States FrankieIsHot
u forgot, they delayed 1 blast game for 1 hour. thats something
2021-04-27 21:41
0
1 reply
#147
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Japan akaayatoslayer
+1 i remember that shit
2021-04-28 13:26
0
#120
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North America FutureRewind
don't worry, they'll probably screw over the tier 2 scene again
2021-04-27 23:20
0
1 reply
#121
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Europe bestest_fluke
+1
2021-04-27 23:22
0
#14
puTa | 
Portugal Muchanaogata
No na pog
2021-04-27 21:35
0
#20
FaNg | 
United States tHEO_
Where is NA
2021-04-27 21:36
0
1 reply
#71
guerri | 
United States colbert^
JT is on an NA team
2021-04-27 21:54
0
#23
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United States C9_1_MAJOR_LIQUID_0_MAJOR
Literally useless, they do nothing for the players who actually need help.
2021-04-27 21:36
0
1 reply
#59
Faceit level 8  | 
flusha | 
United Kingdom fal36
+1
2021-04-27 21:49
0
#30
BnTeT | 
China bildgeadam305
no na LOL
2021-04-27 21:38
0
6 replies
#34
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Russia Evil_DaviD1
Africa_1_CSPPA_member_NA_LUL
2021-04-27 21:39
0
#36
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Canada Unravel
no china kekw
2021-04-27 21:39
0
2 replies
#84
electroNic | 
China HEIDASHUAi
Chinese cs not in EU so expected KEKW
2021-04-27 22:00
0
#139
BnTeT | 
China bildgeadam305
expected cuz china cs controlled by ccp
2021-04-28 05:11
0
#64
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Chile cristiaan
+1
2021-04-27 21:50
0
#72
guerri | 
United States colbert^
JT will represent us well
2021-04-27 21:54
0
#31
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United States BombTaco
nice
2021-04-27 21:38
0
#37
Lox | 
Russia Tsarevich
what have they done? cant remember
2021-04-27 21:39
0
2 replies
#50
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Germany Nachofish
revealing a new board of members
2021-04-27 21:44
0
1 reply
#53
Lox | 
Russia Tsarevich
hahaahahhhahah thats all I guess
2021-04-27 21:45
0
#39
MartinezSa | 
Bhutan x676
MiGHTYMAX⁠ hahahahahahaha
2021-04-27 21:40
0
1 reply
#51
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Germany Nachofish
okay
2021-04-27 21:45
0
#40
DubsteP | 
Ukraine SHEOL_NR
adding apEX to council... Just why?
2021-04-27 21:40
0
4 replies
#44
Netherlands Astralis_6_majors
Why not ?
2021-04-27 21:43
0
3 replies
#54
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Germany Nachofish
+1 like??
2021-04-27 21:45
0
#112
ropz | 
Finland kurtits
maybe he thinks apex will mald in council
2021-04-27 22:53
0
1 reply
#114
Netherlands Astralis_6_majors
He is probably just a hater so he doesn’t actually think that (I hope)
2021-04-27 22:55
0
#42
Netherlands Astralis_6_majors
Esic sucks lol
2021-04-27 21:42
0
#48
TBD | 
Andorra DG84
who cares about csppa xDDDD
2021-04-27 21:43
0
#49
Faceit level 4 Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
RattlesnK | 
England TheSwiggsScenario
MightyMax ssorting out the cheaters
2021-04-27 21:44
0
#52
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Japan Expanses
Coucil members seem reasonable but the problem is CSPPA is a dogshit scam, and it is worthless for any players that are not tier 1 or not from EU. And so far not done a single thing relevant to support players during pandemic but sat on a riot for comms, gg.
2021-04-27 21:47
0
#55
forsaken | 
India zeus_1_major_s0mple_0__major
Can't wait for them to do nothing
2021-04-27 21:45
0
#56
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Czech Republic TECHNICKER
clownery
2021-04-27 21:46
0
#58
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Kuwait wessimovinhoe
money laundering operation cool
2021-04-27 21:48
0
#60
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
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Brazil bandicoot
ok great, I believe these players to be braindead enough to not care about anything else but themselves. so this will probably only be relevant to scheduling issues
2021-04-27 21:49
0
#61
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Czech Republic SVEN7
styko pog
2021-04-27 21:50
0
#62
Europe johnny_sins
chrisj and nbk trying to stay relevant? xxaxaxaxaxaxaxaxaxaxxa
2021-04-27 21:50
0
#63
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Czech Republic PaYaB
why did you delete my post ?
2021-04-27 21:50
0
#65
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Chile cristiaan
ok
2021-04-27 21:50
0
#67
ZywOo | 
Latvia 1chance
sorry but what does this org do ?
2021-04-27 21:52
0
#68
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Latvia LatvianWiricardo
Mightymax OmegaLUL
2021-04-27 21:52
0
#69
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Finland ENCE_WILL_RETURN
Nice! Excited to see even more whining about TO's recording voice comms after the teams agreed to it, and absolutely no change in anything that actually matters and no help to anyone that might need it! Thank you Chris "bongJ" de Bong!
2021-04-27 21:56
0
#70
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Denmark EL_nummer_2004
What is this?
2021-04-27 21:53
0
#73
akez | 
Finland 0lter
No flat earther elige pog
2021-04-27 21:54
0
2 replies
#80
World Jva4ka
Maikelele*
2021-04-27 21:58
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1 reply
#81
akez | 
Finland 0lter
oh yea true elige is the climate change guy pog no climate change guy elige*
2021-04-27 21:59
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#77
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Europe OFFICIAL_HLTV_FILIPINO
Do you have to attain some sort of a undergrad degree in order to be elected?
2021-04-27 21:56
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#79
World Jva4ka
Do they earn something from this?
2021-04-27 21:57
0
#82
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Poland ReformedPolak
SAY NO TO CSPPA #CSPPAOUT
2021-04-27 21:59
0
#83
guerri | 
United States colbert^
My ideal board of players: cadiaN arT EliGE s1mple dexter Jerry Shakezullah tabseN Group speaker/leader: Lobanjica
2021-04-27 22:00
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9 replies
#88
United States ThatAs1anMan
shakezullah wtf mans
2021-04-27 22:05
0
8 replies
#130
guerri | 
United States colbert^
Somebody has to represent NA tier 2 scene
2021-04-28 01:35
0
7 replies
#150
United States ThatAs1anMan
there are dozens of other NA teams that are better than Shakefuckingzullah
2021-04-28 14:57
0
6 replies
#152
guerri | 
United States colbert^
Of course but Shakezullah is the IGL who elevated Grim and junior to tier 1 teams and he's been grinding tier 2 CS for years. Who else would you want to represent NA tier 2? Jonji?
2021-04-28 17:12
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5 replies
#154
United States ThatAs1anMan
ptr XD
2021-04-28 17:14
0
4 replies
#155
guerri | 
United States colbert^
Mabye, but Jonji is more likely to stay in CS for the next few years because he's like 21, ptr is 30
2021-04-28 17:18
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3 replies
#156
United States ThatAs1anMan
jonji doesn't sound too bad although oSee wouldn't be bad either since he's been playing extremely well lately
2021-04-28 17:19
0
2 replies
#157
guerri | 
United States colbert^
True, he played NA tier 2 for a long time so he could probably represent those guys well
2021-04-28 17:20
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1 reply
#158
United States ThatAs1anMan
I feel like anyone who can compete against EU's good teams deserve it
2021-04-28 17:48
0
#89
Sweden hltvmen
See the trend here? It's almost only weak players. JT, chrisj, nbk, golden, apex.
2021-04-27 22:07
0
#90
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
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Austria DrLagAlot
NBK? lol.
2021-04-27 22:08
0
#91
Faceit  | 
iM | 
Romania multiverse_admin
fking racists
2021-04-27 22:09
0
#92
Denmark putusernamehere
Xyp about to retire
2021-04-27 22:10
0
#93
Qatar TrustMeBro
The most useless thing existing ... aka CSPPA
2021-04-27 22:11
0
#94
Brazil rock_solid
no BR or NA. 99% chance of europe fking us up. since they love us(sarcasm). specially BR.
2021-04-27 22:12
0
#95
topkek | 
Austria ArmendZTC
what a waste of resources. the CSPPA is a great parallel to government overreach and over-regulation.
2021-04-27 22:13
0
#97
Russia Wyrierit
What CSPPA did since founding association?
2021-04-27 22:20
0
1 reply
#142
Dosia | 
Russia Dosia_1_major_Navi_0
Released their teams rankings with m0br on 8th place
2021-04-28 07:04
0
#98
Aleksib | 
Denmark Likli
ChrisJ representing NA
2021-04-27 22:20
0
#99
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Croatia Magic_Alhena
JT srsly
2021-04-27 22:24
0
#101
sdy | 
Finland AliSabid
GLHF!
2021-04-27 22:35
0
#102
TheEntireNationOfKenya | 
New Zealand WMWMWMWMWMWMWMWMWMWMWMWMWMWMWM
What do these guys actually do?
2021-04-27 22:36
0
#103
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
World LeviathaNz
bongJ
2021-04-27 22:36
0
#108
Canada gojira_
Africa representation over NA representation :)
2021-04-27 22:46
0
#109
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Turkey 69kagan
major incoming
2021-04-27 22:48
0
#110
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Hungary szia
ez4golden
2021-04-27 22:52
0
#113
Madness Gorilla | 
Brazil MadeInBathroom
UK cs biggest achievment
2021-04-27 22:53
0
#115
United States vutalisk
The org that randomly selects some players to be in the board is useless. They should at least have some vetting/voting process to select players that actually do something good. Like TJ? What does he even do to the scene besides getting kicked off his contract with C9 early due to team house violations amidst a pandemic. That sounds like someone I would like to select to lead an org.
2021-04-27 22:55
0
#116
Brazil zinum
What a joke
2021-04-27 22:56
0
#122
Petra | 
Poland CSS_MENS
So just out of curiosity: apart from getting free paychecks did they actually do something? Or is this is some clown 🤡 organisation?
2021-04-27 23:22
0
#125
Faceit level 9  | 
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United States Danny_122333
No NA or Brazil... cool csppa that represents the fucking UK over the 2 largest areas outside of europe
2021-04-27 23:58
0
3 replies
#141
JT | 
North America b00tleg
How can you have an Extra Salt flair and not notice JT on the board
2021-04-28 06:33
0
2 replies
#148
Faceit level 9  | 
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United States Danny_122333
Is JT North American or Brazilian?
2021-04-28 14:03
0
1 reply
#160
JT | 
North America b00tleg
JT is on a North American team playing in the NA CS scene. There is little reason to believe he would be primarily focused on the interests South African noscene when he hasn't been on a full ZA lineup in two years. The lack of Brazillian representation is a valid criticism though
2021-04-28 20:19
0
#129
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Germany Kungfulifestyle
the "no tier 1 player counsil"
2021-04-28 01:19
0
#133
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United States Virgin Islands SLAM_THE_FART
csppa top1 team soon
2021-04-28 02:36
0
#135
transis | 
South America applehack97
a bunch of names that will literally do nothing at all
2021-04-28 03:24
0
#136
s1mple | 
Europe s1mple_CSGOD
lmao what
2021-04-28 04:06
0
#138
caps | 
Scotland ez4nikolakovac
CSPAA DISPAND WHEN
2021-04-28 04:52
0
#144
Thorin | 
United Kingdom foolio
Sounds like a good gig, backhanders galore.
2021-04-28 08:57
0
#151
Asia sodnoo
retirement assocation lul.
2021-04-28 15:21
0
#153
ZywOo | 
Sweden Loco1312
can someone explain what this means? what are they doing dont understand anything
2021-04-28 17:13
0
#159
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
juanflatroo | 
Germany powy
Glad to see STYKO in there. He seems like a very reasonable and chill guy
2021-04-28 19:00
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